The Ludu Library and Archive () is a

public library A public library is a library, most often a lending library, that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also Civil servic ...

and newspaper archive in Letsekan quarter,

Chanayethazan Township Chanayethazan Township (, ) is a township located in downtown Mandalay, Myanmar. The township is bounded by Aungmyethazan Township and the Mandalay Palace in the north, and Patheingyi Township in the east, Maha Aungmye Township in the south, a ...

, Mandalay, Myanmar. Construction began in 2000, and the library was formally founded in 2004 by the family of

Ludu U Hla Ludu U Hla (; ; 19 January 1910 – 7 August 1982) was a Burmese journalist, publisher, chronicler, folklorist and social reformer whose prolific writings include a considerable number of path-breaking non-fiction works. He was married to fel ...

and his wife Daw Amar, prominent Burmese writers. The library was an extension of a private collection curated by the Ludu family and survived the 1984 Kya Gyi fire in Mandalay. The library is a prominent reference library for Burmese scholars. Ludu Library possesses a collection of 50,000 books, 210 palm leaf manuscripts and 130 parabaiks, and also special collections of prominent Burmese writers, including

Than Tun Than Tun (, ; 6 April 1923 – 30 November 2005) was an influential Burmese historian as well as an outspoken critic of the military junta of Burma. For his lifelong contributions to the development of worldwide study of Burmese history and cu ...

, Shwe U Daung, and Ludu Sein Win.

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Libraries in Myanmar Buildings and structures in Mandalay Libraries established in 2004 2004 establishments in Myanmar Archives in Myanmar {{library-stub